When I was in high school my great aunt Alice gave me a little book of quotes. It was so little that it could fit in my wallet, and because of the following quote, it stayed there for years. I wish I still had that little book, but I'll never forget this William Penn anecdote:
I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. William PennNo amazing word play here, just simple words to live by.
What quotes do you like?
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Different story when it came to sharing a pie I expect judging by the bulging waistcoat with buttons ready to ping off. Old Bill sure 'talked' a good deed but clearly not one for sharing luncheon with the paw.
mark: Welcome! And, ha! Great observation. Or maybe he was just so cool to everyone that he got invited to a lot of dinners. I'm digging "Elysian Fields" -- do you play everything?
"I'd rather have a sister in a brothel than a brother Raider." - Hattica 11-25-07
"Spiral out. Keep going." - Maynard James Keenan
"Do not follow. Make your own path and leave a trail." - fortune cookie at the China buffet
“Evil will always prevail, because good is dumb.”
Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
Good morning, Sleek. It's appears to be a "West Virginia Ranked #2 In the Country" kind of Monday. Whoo Hoo! Internet high-five.
"Punctuality is a virtue of the bored."
-Evelyn Waugh
Kiss your mom,
Ban the bomb,
Do the best you can,
And remember,
God loves you man.
"No matter where you go, there you are." --- Earl Mac Rauch (screenwriter of Buckaroo Banzai)
"Life's too short to drink crap coffee" --- Me.
There was one from W.H.Auden that I really liked. something like:
"if equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me".
In my teens, it made perfect sense and I never forgotten it.
"Protect me from what I want" - Jenny Holzer
"The function of an expert is not to be more right than other people, but to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons" - David Butler
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration, and sing about their grief--Bono
Stop looking up, start looking in-be your own best friend-Sammy Hagar
Cheezy I know, not much historical impact. But I like them nevertheless.
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. --Barry Switzer (of all people)
The most influential quotes in my life are:
"If you can't keep it in your pants, keep it in your family."
Also:
"If you are not in bed by eleven, might as well go home."
One last line of advice I penned my self:
"Not in MY mouth!"
Mom
"beans, beans...."
You can beat a dead horse but you can not make it drink. JW
I love quotes!
In high school we had to pick a quote to put next to our picture senior year. I chose, "You have to be first, best or different"
-Loretta Lynn.
Hattica: Your China Buffet quote is an adapation of R. W. Emerson's; "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Also, like these:
"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."
-Saint France De Sales
Excellent, everyone, thanks for the quotes. The quotes we quote are telling, I think.
Oh, and welcome, Devil Mood!
Ooh, I like that one. I love quotes.
Here's the one on my chalkboard this week:
John Ruskin
"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
Knock urselves out:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs
"C'mon... get in the hottub" -- Zee
rebecca: It's a good one all right, and I consider your John Ruskin quote a fine companion to it.
anon: Wow, posting on something other than Friday Music? Excellent.
rob: If Zee had hair like Kevin DuBrown, he wouldn't have to ask anyone to get in the hottub.
Sorry, I'm a little late with this one, but I live by this:
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
That's true wisdom, Bad Billy, and it takes a big person to live by those words.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. ~ Henry David Thoreau
valyna: I'm glad you're back! Funny that you quoted the good Dr. -- he'll play a big part in a post I have coming up very soon. And I love the Thoreau quote.
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